On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 01:12 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-9 > Severity: important > > > Doing > > # rmmod ide-cd-mod cdrom > # modprobe ide-cd > > causes kernel null dereference and somewhow breaks the system so that it > is no longer usable - it seems that the system is extremely slow and > variuos applications eventually stop completely.
The IDE subsystem is not properly maintained any more and this is not very likely to be fixed. Starting from 2.6.32-10 most PC IDE controllers will be handled by libata-based drivers and you should not need to use ide-cd. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of them.
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